How to Create a Farm with the All-Known Fantasy Book - 41: It Ends here...It Ends now.

Dark…

Deep…

And wet…

It was all that he could feel in his sense as he floated in an unmoving position in the deep waters of the pool of the ruined city.

There, under him, was the sight of Pestilus glaring at him with eyes filled with bloodlust. Although his face was smashed in the result of Shay’s unending tribute of his fist, his expression of pure rage never wavered.

It didn’t take Shay long to even know that the fight was still on. Not one of them had yet died by the other’s hand.

But both knew that death was nearing. It was at the grip of each of their neck. And the first one to deliver would be the one to stand victorious.

So without wasting another second, despite simply being in the middle of the pool of water, Shay swam in bursting speed from his place and dashed forward as if he flew straight at the Demon with no sense of holding back.

“!?” Pestilus saw the impressive speed that Shay displayed and he quickly made no hesitations to hold himself back. For as he raised his hand, a ball of magic gathered on his hand and he fired at Shay in the hopes that he would take immense damage.

*Bwoom~!* the magic fired and it held no regards for whatever it was coming forth.

“!?”

It struck Shay by surprise before he could even come close to Pestilus. Its power output was so strong that it blasted him away from Pestilus and off the pool of water that he swam in.

“Khk!” Being pushed so far, he flew in mid-air and landed straight down to a ruined building.

*Boom!*

“*cough*-*cough* Fucking bastard.” having to cough from the excessive amount of dust in the building, he quickly stood up and noticed that wooden stake was pierced at the side of his stomach.

“!?” but despite his surprise, he felt no pain to this situation. It could only be explained that his adrenaline played a vital role to his low sense of pain. So he with that said, he pulled out the wooden stake with no hesitation and he ran straight back to where Pestilus was.

Meanwhile as Khali and the others started falling straight down into the pool of water, there, Khali didn’t hesitate to cast a large magic circle filled with the power to exorcise the demon within the waters while he was in midair.

“…Holy Judgement of the Showering Rain.” he aimed it in only one place that stood to the Demon’s position. Judging by how big Pestilus was, he was sure to not miss.

It rained in the madness of his light as the attack swam itself into the waters, Pestilus was quickly damaged by his power.

With no preparation to take on such a heavy blow, Pestilus could only ever float in the water as his body takes on the enormous damage rained down on him.

“GaaahhH!!” He suffered enormous pain as his skin and flesh were torn apart by the light of the mage.

And to his suffering demeanor, he did not expect that to his surroundings, six Imperial Dragons had already circled him with weapons on their hands.

Tofan came rushing in out on the back of the Demon and held him against his actions while the rest came and rushed in with their weapons. Alexander, Tyson and Orion with their swords, Bedever with his dagger, and Rocky who carried nothing but a wooden stake.

In that moment, Pestilus was stabbed in the front by five sharp objects. And out of those five shapr objects, two were coated by Khali’s holy-mixed mana.

Those inflected more damage than what Pestilus could have expected.

“NgaaahHH!!” enraged, he instinctively breathed out the black flames to everyone that was stabbing him upfront.

In their alert, they quickly separated and swam back up into the surface. But Tofan remained holding him in his place. In that moment, Tofan puts his hands in a different position. Instead of simply holding the demon back by his arms, Tofan aimed at his throat, putting the demon in a choke hold that instantly stops his breath of fire from continuing.

‘This bastard!’ being unable to move all to well with how strong Tofan was compared to all the other Imperial Dragons, and how damaged he was from Shay’s attack a minute ago, he could only squirm in the water.

And as he squirmed, out above the surface of the water, Shay was standing on the floor, staring at both Tofan and Pestilus.

There, Khali approached him.

“How are you feeling?” asked Khali.

“Tired…almost to a point that I might just pass out any minute now.” said Shay as the beating he took from Pestilus was also kicking in at the moment.

“Well then, we have to end this now. How much mana do you have?” asked Khali.

“Hmm…about a quarter left.” said Shay as he looked at the profile in front of him.

“Is it enough?” asked Khali.

“I don’t know…but as long as I can pierce his heart, that’s all that matters.” said Shay.

“Hmm…then one last time.” as Khali said this, he holds on to Shay’s hand and granted him another spell.

“This is a stronger version of a Holy-Reinforced spell then what I put into your hand a minute ago. It can hold on for about two minutes…after that, it’ll disappear.” said Khali.

“Got it.” with that said, Shay jumped back in the water with the Holy-reinforced hand swam at a fast pace towards Pestilus. There as he was nearing him, he could see that Tofan was having a hard time holding on as Pestilus was then covering the entire water with a rotting presence.

He was using a weaker version of his spell called -Death Unravel-

But even then, it was clear to Shay that Tofan was already taking effect seeing as how his skin was peeling off and his hair as well.

Without wasting any time, Shay swam even faster and crash straight into Pestilus.

*Thud*

There in that moment of impact, Tofan felt that Shay had arrive, and to his weakening body, he had no more strength to hold on any longer. He floated up to the surface while Shay remained to finish the job.

Pestilus braced himself as Shay’s Holy-reinforced hand was then holding on to his throat.

‘You!’ said Pestilus as his thoughts then echoed to Shay’s mind directly using his magic.

‘Lets fucking end this already…you and your hopes are at its end.’ thought Shay in return.

‘I only did this for love…why can’t any of you fools understand that!’ thought Pestilus as his mind screamed in the truth of his emotions.

‘…too bad, looks like she didn’t felt the same way.’

‘NO!’ in that moment, Pestilus used his last remaining skill in the water.

-Blizzarding Plague: Zero Point Act.-

Although Shay was immune to this very skill, the environment wasn’t.

So as Pestilus used this skill, immediately after, the pool of water that they were swimming in, instantly froze.

There, Pestilus could not help but grin in his victory as in front of him, Shay was frozen along with the pool of water.

And although Pestilus was affected by this skill as well, he was satisfied by the result that he finally got rid of the pest that was more than he could have imagined to handle. He was still alive in that moment…or so he thought, as by the next second that passed, he could feel that pain was surging from his chest and as he turned to where that pain was coming from, he was shock to find that Shay had already pierced his last heart.

‘!?’ shocked and appalled, his spell was no longer activated where it then slowly turned off and the frozen water was then returning to its original state.

“…” There, Pestilus could only watch as he then sinks deep into the pool’s bottom with Shay still attached to his chest. In Shay’s manner, he was unconscious from the moment he froze from Pestilus’s attack, there, the Demon felt that maybe it isn’t so bad to drown a rat along side him.

But then as he turned to see above him, he noticed the sight of two men coming in below with swords on their hands.

Dying in his moments, he only closed his eyes as death took his life.

****

With Alexander and Orion swimming fast to the depths of the pool, Orion was the one to retrieve Shay from the Demon’s chest, pulling off Shay’s hand away from the Demon. And Alexander was the one who cuts off the head of the demon as the trophy of their victory.

As they got off the pool of water, Shay was then put down on the floor to rest.

Khali quickly assessed Shay’s condition and found that he was only unconscious from being put into a cold state.

“He’ll be alright. With how his body was put into a state of freezing in that instant, it could put anyone out. But other than that, he’s fine.” said Khali.

“Good…that’s great.” said Alexander as he watched Shay’s body lay on the floor.

“Sir Khali, I think its best that you tend to Genevieve next as well as Martin.” said Rocky as he approached Khali.

“I’ll do that.” said Khali.

“I’ll help.” said Tyson as he went with Khali to assist him in healing Genevieve and Martin.

With how everything was seemingly over, the princess arrived with Shirley by her side as well as Meryl Fage who assisted them in getting down from the ceiling using flotation magic.

As they all landed, the Princess arrived with a worried expression on her eyes.

“He must be Sir Shay…” said the princess.

In her arrival, all of the present Imperial Dragons came and knelled in front of her.

“Its a pleasure to see you well, your Highness.” said Alexander.

“I’m well because of what you all did for my sake. Thank you. I will have my father grant you our thanks of the highest honor. And with it, as well as Sir Shay has done for the Empire.”

“Thank you your highness, but before that, please have yourself checked for healing. Your hands are injured and as well as your feet.” said Alexander.

“…okay.”

“I don’t think you people have time to rest…” said Meryl as she stood in front of all the Imperial Dragons.

“What do you mean?” asked Shirley.

“Your enemies of this kingdom. As much as I want to thank you for what you’ve done for the people, it is best that you leave immediately.” said Meryl.

“Why?”

“Without a king, the kingdom will be in ruins the moment the people know the incident. With a demon who had its charge with the people and with no one else to lead them, the hearts kingdom might not be the best place to rest. All of you, a group from another kingdom entirely is not welcome right as of this moment.” said Meryl.

“…Yes, your right.” said the Princess as she looked rather worried.

“Mage…I think its best that you handle the situation regarding the burning of the bodies caused by the plague first. With the demon gone, the plague will surely cease in time…so stop the incident before it worsens.” said Shay as he talks to the mage in his laying form.

“S-shay…your awake.” Said Shirley as she was shocked to find Shay keeping his tired eyes from closing.

“I see, so the demon was the one who caused the plague. I’ll have that case handled immediately.” said Meryl.

“…yeah, good.” with that said, Shay slowly stands up from the floor and started walking up towards a certain direction.

“Where are you going?” asked Tyson.

“Leaving…like she said, its best that we leave and let the kingdom deal with itself. The Empire has nothing else to do in their matters.” said Shay.

“…Should we really leave this instant?” asked Orion.

“I think its best that we do as they say.” said Khali as he was finished with the Treatment to both Martin and Genevieve.

“Where can we go out from here?” asked Shirley.

“Follow me, I’ll lead you all back to the surface.” said Meryl.

With all of the Imperial Dragons making their way out of the ruined city, they were able to come out of the back entrance of the castle safely with Meryl’s guide. There, about a hundred guards were in waiting for them, but seeing as how Meryl was in charge, she stopped them from arresting the Group.

With that said, Meryl gave her thanks as they stood at the entrance of the Hearts kingdom.

“Thank you for helping us with dealing with the demon…a few more days and he would have turned all of us into the undead.” said Meryl.

“…We’re sorry too for having to intrude into your kingdom without notice.” said Alexander.

“I’d like to thank you too, sir Shay. Please, if you ever need a place to stay, the Hearts kingdom as well as me, are always welcome to your visit.” said Meryl as she personally gave thanks to Shay.

After all, seeing him in action, his own power simply took the entire battle by storm. He was the one who made the greatest contribution in taking down the demon. Meryl took notice in this and gave him her personal welcome.

“Thank you, I’ll visit if I have the time.” said Shay.

With that said, they finally made their way home.

They plan to go forward the long road since they will meet with the proceeding army. Knowing that everything was finally over.

“How’s Genevieve’s condition? I heard that she lost a bit of blood.” said Shay.

“Hmm…She’ll be fine. I wanted to restore back her blood just like how I did with mine back at the tower, but when we went back to retrieve her blood, the bucket was gone.” said Khali.

“That sounds ominous…” said Shay.

“It is…but its okay for now, I’m constantly healing her with magic every hour…by the time we make it to the kingdom, she’ll be good enough to walk on her own two feet.” said Khali.

“Hmm, magic sure is neat.” said Shay.

“Are you interested in magic? If you are, I can recommend you to the Magic Academy.” said Khali.

“No thanks…I plan to go back and finally start my farm after this. Its been long overdue.” said Shay.

“Hm, speaking of magic, I’m quite curious as to how you were able to gain the powers of quick regeneration. How were you able to cast such magic?” asked Khali.

“It…hmm, I don’t think I’m allowed to say.”

“I see, well, why is that?”

“Do you know how some things comes at a price?”

“yeah?”

“this power that I wield is more expensive than I could afford. Its more likely a contract if anything.” said Shay as he said it with a smile.

“A contract huh…hmm, I see. Well, I won’t push on any more.” said Khali, being understanding as he is.

“So, what are you going to do with the Demon’s head?” asked Shay.

“Not sure…for now, We’ll present it to the Emperor and move on with studying its biology.” said Khali.

“…”

“How about you? I think the Emperor will gladly reward you with anything that’s available in the Empire. You said that you wanted a farm right? Maybe he will gift you with land.” said Khali excitedly.

“Hmm, about that. I’ll probably separate with you guys when we make it to the crossroads between Desvey town and the Empire.” said Shay.

“What? Why?”

“I…don’t like the attention. Me making my own farm out far from everything else is a sign that I want peace, so can you keep this information from the others?” said Shay.

“We owe you a lot Shay…more than you could have imagined. Because of you being there, we took on the Demon without any lost at all…and he was a Count out of all the demons that worship the Demon King. He was strong.”

“…”

“I don’t think the emperor will appreciate your decline on his thanks. Its quite disrespectful if anything.” said Khali.

“…Right, then how about this…”

“what is it?”

“Lie.” said Shay.

“What?”

“Tell the Emperor that I did my job well enough to support the Imperial Dragons in bringing them to the Kingdom like how the plan should go and say that You and the others killed the Demon.” said Shay.

“…No, I can’t do that.” said Khali.

“Well…if you can’t, how about this then.”

“What is it now?”

“I’ll go to the empire, meet with the Emperor in private and simply have my gift be given there. I just don’t want the attention. So after that, I’ll leave and be on my way.” said Shay.

“I…I guess we can work with that.” said Khali.

“Thanks.” said Shay.

“Yeah…but your throwing a lot of wasted opportunity with this.”

“Maybe so…but either way. This is what I want.” said Shay.

“Okay…I’ll respect that.” said Khali.

Meanwhile, out at the back of the carriage, the princess was simply listening in to the conversation between the two.

“…”

‘Hmm, so he plans to leave just like that?’ she thought.

‘…I don’t think so.’ she thought as a wicked smile appeared on her face.

Was she more than just a simple pure and kind princess? Or is there something else deep within her that was never shown outside the front of the people who she rules over?